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Richard Flanagan: Life After Death

2014 Man Booker Prize winner Richard Flanagan journeys with Alan Yentob through his native Tasmania, visiting the places that have inspired his novels.

Imagine... Richard Flanagan: Life After Death chronicles the life and work of 2014's Man Booker Prize winner Richard Flanagan. The grandson of illiterates, a school drop-out, a river guide, builder's labourer and a passionate campaigner for conservation, Flanagan journeys with Alan Yentob through his native Tasmania, visiting the places that have inspired his novels, and on to Thailand, to see first-hand the site of the Death Railway - the brutal setting of his award-winning novel, The Narrow Road to the Deep North.

1 hour, 10 minutes

Last on

Sat 15 Aug 2015 02:15

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Alan Yentob
Interviewed Guest Richard Flanagan
Producer Jack Cocker
Director Jack Cocker
Series Editor Alan Yentob

Broadcasts

  • Tue 21 Jul 2015 22:40
  • Tue 21 Jul 2015 23:10
  • Sat 15 Aug 2015 02:15